Construction takeoff services
Measured quantities with every counted item marked on the drawing, for contractors who price from their own rate library.
Construction takeoff
A takeoff is the measurement without the pricing. If you already hold your own rates, buying quantities alone is often the better commercial decision: you get the measurement discipline and the marked sheets, and your rates stay yours.
Everything is measured in Planswift and marked on the sheet in colour as it is counted, with the running total carried into a legend on the drawing. That is what makes the quantities auditable rather than asking you to trust a spreadsheet.
Turnaround
24–48 hours on a single-trade takeoff
Who it is for
Subcontractors, fabricators, suppliers and contractors with an established rate library.
Construction takeoff
- Quantities by system, location and unit
- Wastage shown as its own column so you can adjust it
- Colour-marked drawings with a count legend on the sheet
- Counts reconciled against schedules where they exist
- Scope gaps and drawing discrepancies flagged in writing
- Optional pricing against rates you supply
- Planswift source file so your team can extend the model
The deliverable.
Consistent whatever the engagement, so it drops into how you already work.
Excel quantity workbook by division and location
Colour-marked PDF set with legends
Assumptions and exclusions list
Planswift source file on request
Common questions on construction takeoff.
A takeoff is the measured quantities. An estimate applies labour hours, wages, material rates and the markup lines that turn cost into a bid. The measurement underneath is identical, so a takeoff can be priced later without re-measuring.
Yes. Send your rate library or historical costs and the quantities are priced against them, which is usually more accurate than published averages for your market.
On request, yes, at no extra charge. Source files are not withheld as leverage for future work.
Work that usually sits alongside this.
Most engagements combine more than one of these.
Tell us what you need priced.
A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope statement, usually back the same working day.
Fixed project fees · Written scope before work starts · Unlimited revisions within scope